# Pragmatism and idealism

Author: Caldwell, William, 1863-1942

Genre: Category: Philosophy & Ethics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72074

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Pragmatism+and+idealism+Caldwell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Pragmatism has by this time received so much attention in the reflective literature of the day that any writer upon the subject may now fairly presume upon a general acquaintance with its main principles and contentions. Indeed, it is probable that most thinking people may be credited with the ability to have formed some sort of judgment of their own about a philosophy whose main contention is that true ideas are working ideas, and that truth itself, like a creed or a belief, is simply a working valuation of reality. There are still, however, some things to be said, at least in English, upon the place and the meaning of Pragmatism in the philosophical reconstruction that is generally felt...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pragmatism-and-idealism-72074/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pragmatism-and-idealism-72074/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pragmatism-and-idealism-72074/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pragmatism-and-idealism-72074/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pragmatism-and-idealism-72074/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pragmatism-and-idealism-72074/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pragmatism-and-idealism-72074/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pragmatism-and-idealism-72074/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pragmatism-and-idealism-72074/chapters/1/index.md)